Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-12
CORN
Cor Afmest Total Failure In Illinois,
Indiana agd BAIo Owing TO tire
Prolonged Midsusurer Droulh.
Brighter Prospects Wet of the mississippi.
The CroQ Of lowe Simply Immense
Southorn Nebraska scorched.

CHICAGO, ILL, aJg. TIE Times
this morning gives reports from various
points in the western states showing the
coLdit;on OF crops. Ia I-1..l has been
uncommonly severe il Iu0>tuf me Terri
tory covered by these a3@5ceS, srd some
Of he Information chained is not
favo}able. = While some states nave
escas ed with lj..le .gs., e.,r-z nave
sufa adyery severely.
Ii HliECis re Dry s... a4s .e,n IS
peCiauJ disastrous. tn z..,d 9i.la7 cas-
UeeH light. t.. cr-1 Of
oats is considers y ae.gw re
aversge, While the PROSPECT f1r
cora isdaciG,diy discCGra2.n.. F-cmt1e
present advIces it IS reasonable 70 state
thst aoou1 hai the UsUs. yft.t viii be
C3tsined. Many counties -eoo-t me
prospects fer considers " ass tasr hz
crop, while only 9 very few, especially
favored localities report g.. Sye-sge I.r,d.
About 50 per cent. Ct tae usual weld
would seem to OF iGCi.s-et ,.r sty-r.s
from the state.
IN the great corn center IN enc Middle
states many Of the farmers s-e cutting Up
the stalks for fodder, believing mat the
rains, Z they come 81 81, w come zoo
late to 90 any good. E1e fac.s - 10 tie
situation in this portion of tie s.s.e are
said 10 be suppressed in former reports.
Il InGiapa slsO the drought css dlEe
much damage. RAN has not fallen IN
many places for more than four Weeks.
and the recent showers have been q IL
lie benefit. IN some localities the com
crop is g fetal failure, eEi II TO portion
OF The state 10 Gn ordinary yield expected
From ODc-,hiTd to Cne-fOurtl Of crop
IS the tenor Of reports from This state
Hay Is but poor crop, &L5 oats are snort
Of the usual production.
IN Wisconsin the drought seems 20
have been less destructive. Some local
iLies repoT. q failing cfI in corn, but Ire
crop in most sections q The state seems
likely 10 &c ar average, vale nc Cst c-Cr
is fair.
The same seems 20 be tCue Ct Nicll-sn
erd Oa.O
Yves. Of Tie Mississippi adv.crs are
LGch more encouraging. Plentiful. 70 rs
nave f2ilea recently IL Iowa, Kansas sud
Nebraska, wlicl have been Of untold ben
Ell. 20 corn. TIE secretary 81 the iows
Agricultural Society reports = rr33s.,6
corn yield u 200, 600, geo bushels, which
IS s6me thirty million bushels in e,.-aSs u
the short crop OF last year. Advises from
various portions q t1e -tsto assr crt
this viaw. In only 3 very few counties
/ is the corn poor. Some IL the counties,
indeed, report prospects q Z bigger
crop than usual, and il sInost every To-
Calty the stand is excellent. TIE pros
poets in KGueas aud Missouri are for ts.:
average. Crop reports fr1m go points
On the Kansas City end Fest Scott roa5
indicate 81 average yield g t1itg-r,y
/ bushels TO the sore.
In Kansas the droTth has been severe,
| but recent rains have improved the si.ua-
/ ton and eli average crop is looked Or
The southern half OF Nebraska has tten
nearIy scorch6d and the corn there IS
poor, 5ut the proSp cts iu o,Her parts e
the state sEd along the North Platte are
much better and at least hGf 81 sTc.s-e
crop is promised for the state.